Shock-truck.



G. MARSHALL.

SHOCK TRUUK APPLICATION nun) APR.

Patented Julv 25, 1911.

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SHOCK TRUGK.

APPLICATION FILED APBH3, 1911.

Patented July 25, 1911.

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SEOGILTRUCK.

' Specification of letters Patent.

Application filed April 3, 1

- in the field.

The object of my present invention is to provide a truck for conveyingthe shocks from places where they are deposited toplowed strips ofground or els where.

In carrying out my invention 1 provide a truck comprising a main framemounted on wheels and supporting a frame adapted to carry the shocks.The slloclt-supporting frame comprises side bars, and a front cross-barto which are secured rear ardl v extending rods adapted to pass under ashock and to carry it. The shock-supporting frame is provided with avertically arranged bail which is suspended from an arched frame risingfrom the truck frame by hlock-ainl-tackle, the rope of which isconnected with a Windlass on the truck frame and by means of which theshocksnpporting frame may be raised and low cred. Guides are providedfor the front end of the shoclcsiipporting frame and the truck isprovided with means for hitching a. draft animal at either the front orrear end. Devices are also provided forsustainingthe shock-supportingrods, but which are applied after they have been drawn under the shock.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shocktru'ck constructed in aeeordr-ince with my invention. Fig. 2 shows alongitudinal central section of the truclr with the shock-supportingframe lowered and in position to pass under a shock. l igz 3 is asimilar view showing a shock arranged on the supporting frame and withthis frame elevated the truck being then ready to proceed from thefield.

The truck frame comprises side bars connected at the front by a crossbarB and suoported by wheels (3. The cross-liar T3 is provided with anextension I) to which are secured straps E to the front end of which theWhiflletree F is pivoted and which also l l l l l l l oars 4 Patenteddid 25, 1911. Serial no. 618,624. 1

To the side are secured the two members II. II of a vertically arrangedarched frame. These members ll, H" are secured together attheir upperends and so block I and the uien'ihers ll, ll are strengthened or stayedby ln'aces 11 attached to their lower ends and also attached to the sidebars A, A, asshown.

supports the pilot wheel (l.

pporl a pulley The shoclt-supportingframe J comprises side bars j, acrossbar j a cross-bar at the rea r. bar is permanently bars, but there: r

at the front, and

cross-bar is detachablv connected lhcrewith by removable pins j".

J indicate rods attached to the fronthar j and extending rearwardlytherefrom.

.ll indicates d draft animal is attached when it is desired. to move thetruck back to draw the rods J' under the shock.

A bail L is attached to ll ing frame at its lower ends and at its umiddle portion connected with a block ik through which extends the ropeN that also passes through the pulley block I. llraccs O strengthen theconu the lower ends of the. supporting frame. lly operatingthe rope Nthe shock-supporting frame may he raised and lowered.

1c shocli-supportbail and the shot-lo in order to guide the front end ofthe I provide guides I front.

the rcar ends of which are attached to the inner sides of the side' barsA. These guides coii members Q secured to the front ends of the.sllOtflt-SUPIJUI'l'iHi3; frame and extending vertically hclwecn thefront faces of the guides l and the front cross piccc ll or spacingblocks Z) thereon.

The guide members Q; have diagonally arranged portions 1 which areattached to the side bars in this way the shock-supportingframc isprevented from tilting while lining raised and lowered.

The Windlass R for operating the rope N may he of any suitableconstruction. its shaft is mounted in bearings r socur ed to thecross-bar ll and its shaft 7" is provided with an operating handle R.The shaft 7" carries a ratchet wheel R with which engages t dog itpreventing a reverse movement f The front crossa connected with thesideraft chains to which the ppcr pulley vertically arranged flangedpcrate with guide action between having;' rearwardly the Windlass whenthe rope is being wound up thereon. The dog B may be detached from theratchet wheel and thrown back when it is desired to lower theshock-supporting frame.

S indicates a rod which is used to support the rear ends of the rodsJwhen they are sustaining a shoe]? ported by chains T attached to theside bars j in the manner shown in Fig. 1. The rear cross-bar 9' whennot in use may be supported in the devices U on one of the side bars A.a The truck may be carried to and from the field by a draft animalattached to the whiffletree F. When it is desired to load the truck witha shock the former is backed up to the shock-and the shock-supportingframe J is lowered in the manner indicated in Fig. 2, the side bars ybeing on opposite sides of the shock, then the draft animal is hitchedto the chains K and the rods J 2 are made to pass beneath the shock;When this is done the rod S is passed beneath the rods J 2 and made toengage the chains T, as shown in Fig. 3, then the Windlass isoperated toelevate the shock-supporting frame the desired distance from the ground,as indicated in Fig. 3. The dog R will prevent a reverse movement of theWindlass and the shock-supporting frame will be held in an elevatedposition.

The draft animal now being hitched to the whililetree the truck may bedriven to the plowed ground, deliver its shock and return for anotherone.

The shocks are ordinarilydelivered by the shock-forming machine on thestubble field or unplowed ground. and while the shocks are standing theground is plowed between the rows of shocks, and my shock truck ispreferably made to deliver the shocks on the ground thus plowed so thatthe ground where the shocks formerly stood may be plowed.

By this invention shocks made up of, say twenty-five sheaves, may beeasily loaded onto the truck and quickly conveyed to their destination.

I claim as my invention;

1. A shock truck; comprising a main frame This rod may be supsupportedon wheels, a shock-supporting frame mounted thereinand provided with avertically arranged bail, an arched frame rising from the main frame ofthe truck, a

Windlass carried by the truck frame, and block-and-tackle connect-ionssupported by the arched frame connected with the bail and olperated bythe Windlass.

2. shock truck, comprising a main frame supported on wheels, ashock-supporting frame, comprising side bars and a series of parallelrods between the side bars, a trans versely arranged rod for supportingthe rear ends of said parallel rods, means for suspending theshock-supporting frame from the truck frame, and means for elevating theshock-supporting frame.

*3. A shock truck, comprising a main frame supported by wheels, ashock-supporting frame, comprising parallel side bars, a front cross-barand devices at the front and'rear of the truck for hitching a draftanimal, parallel rods secured to the front cross-bar and extendingrearwardly therefrom, a' transversely arranged rod for supporting therear ends of said parallel rod, means for suspending theshock-supporting frame in the main frame of the truck, and means forelevating and lowerin said shock-supporting frame.

4:. Ashock truck, comprising a main frame supported by wheels; ashock-supporting frame, comprising parallel side bars, a front cross-barand a detachable rear cross-bar, guide members attached to the frontcrossbar of the main frame and the front'portion of the shock-supportingframe for maintaining the level of the shock-supporting frame, an archedframe attached to the main frame from which the shoclbsupporting frameis suspended, and means for raising and lowering the shock-supportingframe.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

GEORGE MARSHALL.

Witnesses S. S. SIDNER, JESSIE MILLER.

a detachable rear cross-bar,

